The Nation: Bleeding Mothers

The Nigerian newspaper The Nation features Bixby work on prevention of postpartum hemorrhage.

Women at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, Northern Nigeria. The Bixby Center is working with ABUTH to prevent postpartum hemorrhage

“For some period of time, Hauwa Haruna suffered excessive bleeding each time she gave birth. Consequently, she had night-mares each time she conceived. But her story changed for good last year, when a drug, misoprostol was introduced to women in her community. So, when it was time to deliver her last child, Hauwa did not bleed because misoprostol had been administered on her by a team of researchers at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria.”

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The Bixby Center for Population, Health, and Sustainability is dedicated to helping achieve slower population growth within a human right framework by addressing the unmet need for family planning. Learn more